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Critical analysis of Inescapably Me...English Literature 29 April Critical Analysis of Inescapably me by Justine Chan Introduction “Inescapably Me” is a beautifully reiterated poem depicting a story of a guy named Quentin and his love for a girl named Ley. The poem is about the boy’s unrequited love and his desire to win his beloved’s affections although he realizes that his love will most probably always remain unreciprocated. Chan makes use of a variety of literary devices in his simple yet highly meaningful poem. Some of the literary devices used in this poem include metaphors, similes, imagery, allusions, symbolism etc....
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Close reading... Task: The swaying body: Use of the body in the Malay dances The Malay dance was performed, mostly by the people from Malaysia. It incorporated a diverse culture from the peoples of the Peninsular and East Malaysia. In addition to that, it also comprised of the incorporation of the Hindu-Buddhist dance and drama culture. These were practiced in the early royal courts1. The Malay dance is interesting because of the fact that they do incorporate the cultures of other traditions such as Chinese, Japanese and Islamic, thus the creation of the Malay dances and song. This is relevant as it emphasizes who they are and they also get a chance to portray their tradition and customs through dance. Matusky and Sooi (2004) studied... Task: The swaying...
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Close Reading/Reading Response...century, the story would have triggered the interest in pursuing such discoveries than other people especially the aged and those not easily identifying with technological advancement. The modern day learners would have a more or less similar reaction to mine when compared to other generations who would have little to identify with concerning such a discovery as presented in the ‘secret’. Close Critical Reading Essay In much a rather sober mood, the author Clark writes the story concerning the visit of reporter Cooper to the research stations on the surface of the moon. The plot of the story systematically shifts from the surface of the earth to the surface of moon and back in a bid to...
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Close reading...Candide Voltaire Analysis of Chapter 11, page 25 In this part of the book Voltaire is describing an old woman by stating how she used to be and how her life has changed now. He uses very simple and short sentences that make it easier for the reader to connect with the text. By creating a contrast between the two different time periods he manages to gain the reader’s attention. He starts off by explaining what the woman looks like at present paying close attention to minute prominent details of her face and goes on to describe her past. He not only physically describes the woman but also creates a contrast between her early privileged life and her life as a servant now. He uses strong heavy words in describing her past,...
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Close Reading of a Poem...Sylvia Plaths "Daddy The Ranging Conflict Between Love and Hate The poem "Daddy" is one of the most intense poems of the There was simplytoo much emotions and pains wrought between the lines of the poem. The symbolisms used by the author are so vivid that the reader can almost feel the great agony of the writer when she wrote the poem.
At first glance, one can easily see that Sylvia Plaths "Daddy" is indeed a mean and brutal poem that talks about violence, hate, oppression and death. The language used by the speaker in the poem is rather intense and crude, albeit infantile or childlike bordering into being neurotic. You can almost see...
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Close Reading.... "“The Work Which Becomes a New Genre Itself”: Textual Networks in the World of Cowboy Bebop" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the International Communication Association, Dresden International Congress Centre, Dresden, Germany, Jun 16, 2006 . 2009-02-05 http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p90930_index.html
Sean McCarthy. Cowboy Bebop- O.S.T. 1 Soundtrack ‘Ever Anime, 1998.
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Marin Mandir. (2007) Movie Critic. Cowboy Bebop. A Film Review Site.
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Close reading...reminisces about her past life when she has the following thought: "She and her parents had gone last summer to stay for a week at a motel on the New Jersey shore" (343). For so long Andy has attempted to hide her feminine side, yet she describes her mothers feminine side in much detail when she says "that her mothers swimsuit top had come off, so that her breasts swayed free, her nipples like two dark eyes" (343). When her mothers swimsuit top came off, Andy was embarrassed. Andy even mentions how long it took for her mother to fix up her top: "she calmly refixed her top" (343). To any other daughter this would not be a problem, but Andy seems to deny her feminine thoughts because she "lay on the beach towel and closed...
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Close reading... A close reading of the poem “My life Stood Out- a Loaded Gun by Emily Dickinson Emily Dickinson’s poem depicts it as an anaphora. The tone of the poem is sensually inclined as Dickinson represents the gun as the poet and the master as the referred-to soul mate of the poet. The first stanza has been presented with rich use of imagery as the Dickinson serves to make clear the concept of allegory in the poem. There is an instance of personification. In this poem, the poet is a gun which has been given human characteristics. The gun has been given the attributes of human characteristics in the entire poem as there are instances where the gun speaks and smiles. The first stanza has also been endowed with a caesura. This part sets out... the...
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Close Reading about Poem...Close Reading about Poem "Ode to a Nightingale" by John Keats This poem has eight stanzas with ten lines each. The stanzas have a regular rhythm consisting of a precise rhyme scheme, A,B and C, D ,E for the first four lines and last six respectively. The flow of the verse is perfect because the rhythm scheme is unnoticeable when reading the poem. The ache and yearning of the movement as expressed in this poem portrays British romanticism. This group of people considered the world a dark place because of the pain they experienced. They sing songs in praise of the world because their understanding of the world is a wonder...
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Close Reading about Poem...of the English of the Teacher 6 December Shakespeare Sonnets- Close Reading Sonnet 30 In Sonnet 30 the poet regrets that remembering the pains and sorrows he suffered in his past life will serve no practical purpose. Still, this sonnet has a message of hope. One really feels uplifted to hear that the memories of even a single sincere and true friend can make life meaningful and worthwhile.
The typical register resorted to by the poet comprising of word such as “woe”, “moan” and “grieve” really stress on the basic feeling of loss expressed in the sonnet. This sonnet does use complex sound patterns. It effectively uses alliteration, as in the line “sessions of sweet silent thought”, the respective ‘s’...
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